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kgsuth

Thanks for the replies, fellas, however, I think I need to research my problem more.

What I perceived to be the problem, the mapped connection being disconnected, is probably not the reason. Someone mentioned that Windows XP drops the connection if the online drive is not accessed for more than 15 ...

kgsuth

Thanks in advance for any help.

My problem is this:

We are running windows XP Pro.

we have setup a backup to run on a network drive, but it never runs because the drive seems to be disconnected automatically.

I have run across an article in mircrosoft support, ID 297684 entitled

Mapped drive ...

kgsuth

Hi

Have you got Google Toolbar installed. This has created problems for
some people. If you have, uninstall it and see if this helps.

kgsuth

I found the reason for the error and the solution to it.

It seems that the - Google Toolbar - causes the problem.

You just go to the Control Panel, then to Add/Remove programs, find the Google Tool Bar and remove it.

Presto, the problem disappears.

Thanks for your help.

Ken

kgsuth

Thanks, Cerberus1027, for the help, but unfortunately, it did not work.

When I ran sfc.exe it did pick up 1 corrupted file, and replaced it from the windows98 disk. However, afterwards, when you try to log onto the Internet, the same error occurs.!

Darn.

So I am re-issuing my plea for help ...

kgsuth

Thanks, for the help. Will talk to her later and see if she is savvy enough
to master that.

Appreciate the help

Ken

kgsuth

I have a friend that has windows 98 on her computer.

Today when she clicked on explorer to log onto the internet, she got the following message:

Microsoft visual C++ Runtime Library

Runtime Error

Program C: windows/explorer.exe

This application has requested runtime to terminate it in an ...

kgsuth

Thanks Norm

It looks like this will answer the problem. Pretty simple when you see it in that MS Knowledge base.

I appreciate your time in finding the answer.

Ken

kgsuth

Thanks for the help fellows

Ken, I appreciate your appreciation, Thanks.

Yes, I should do more posting, I just love the spirit of this forum and the generous help that is so freely given by some very gifted people. Unfortunately, I do not have the grounding in lot of this technical side of ...

kgsuth

No, just a home machine, runs all the time except when I reboot for updates etc. I have folding at home on it, so it runs continously.

Not a fresh install.

Somehow I think I got hacked and somebody messed with this part.

kgsuth

My problem is not earth shaking, but it is annoying and I do not know how it started.

What happens is, that when I boot up, and windows loads, I get a screen that shows 2 boxes. The box in the background is grayed out and reads:

LOG ONTO WINDOWS

USERNAME ADMINISTRATOR
PASSWORD -(BLANK AREA)

The ...

kgsuth

Thanks Sid for the information, have deleted Spybouncer off the system and will try and locate Spy Sweeper. Appreciate the help.

kgsuth

Just wonder if anybody knows much about this program. Recently while surfing the web, I came across this one and thought - hmm - wonder if Ad-Aware and Sbybot (both of which I use) are finding everything.

So I down loaded this Spybouncer program - it was free of course - and at the end of its cycle ...

kgsuth

Thanks Burke and RichardC appreciate your help, will log on later and scan that site RichardC.

kgsuth

Richard I posted a thread on the Hardware forum, with your name on it.

Was wondering about the difference between LG and Lite On DVD writers. Any suggestions?

kgsuth

Richard, as you are a fellow canadian, I was just wondering if you have any thoughts on the difference between a Lite On or LG
DVD writer. In your judgment who is better - same ?

Have thought of getting one for a Xmas present, but thought that Lite On was better. Sales people are recommending LG ...

kgsuth

Thanks for the reply YOS, really appreciate your input. Great to hear that you still love your Viewsonic VX800. I had seen that one recently.

Any one else have a comment ?

Love to hear from you.

kgsuth

I was searching for LCD Panel info and came across one of your posts - Mar 18/03 - In it you mentioned having a Viewsonic VX800, and I wondered if you still have it and if so, are you still happy with it?

I am looking to get one, but can't seem to find much opinion on whose the best, and if one ...

kgsuth

Try this link and see if this program will work, it works great for me

http://www.moodysoft.com/

Hope it helps.

Ken

kgsuth

Just wondered if you had taken a look at this link

http://www.infinisource.com/techfiles/f ... rrors.html

Perhaps some information there may be helpful

kgsuth

Here is a link to great screen capture program.
I have used it for a few years and really find it useful.

If you have a spreasheet and want to cut out a part of it and send to somebody. Swish, and it is done , well not quite that fast but it does work fast.

http://www.moodysoft.com/spx/

kgsuth

Don't Know if this is of any use to you

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304402

kgsuth

Thanks to you all.

I resolved the problem. Simple solution was to download Zone Alarm Pro.

Once Zone Alarm Pro was installed and the initial questions answered, all went well.

That VSMON.EXE was the killer though. I searched on Google and found other people had real problems with it.

So thank ...

kgsuth

I think I have found the problem, but have no clue as to the solution to my woes.

Following Cyberskye's advice I opened Windows Task Manager and in watching the activity I noticed that when Outlook Express tried to use the internet - VSMON.EXE show it was using 95%

That is when everything slowed ...

kgsuth

Thanks for the suggestions.

I doubled my memory from 256 to 512 - cyberskye.

I got Outlook Express to run and made sure the top 3 boxes were unchecked - Richardc

But, no go. As soon as it loads Outlook Express, and starts looking for mail, everything slows down and I mean down down down.

It ...

kgsuth

Thanks cyberskye, I should double the memory, up until now have had no problem. Will see what happens later as for now when I open up Outlook Express, bang everything goes downhill.

Thanks Richardc - guess we are in the same area - I live in Coquitlam !!! Yes, it is Outlook Express I am referring ...

kgsuth

Fellows have a strange problem. Do not know where to start looking for the answer. So I've come to you guru's for advice.

Problem:
My machine runs fine, except, if I try and access my email the whole systems s-l-o-w-s d- o - w - n and gets s - l - o - w - e - r . It does not crash, but if you want ...

kgsuth

Burke, - Thanks for your help with this problem.

My friend was able to recover all his information by using Get Data back from Runtime.

Did not cost a cent as he was able to open each D drive file individually and then save it with either photoshop or word depending of course on the format on his ...

kgsuth

Thanks YOS I appreciate the info. My own system is WinXp and it appears the same in mine.

I just have to spend more time looking at these things - need to explore the system more.

kgsuth

Thanks a lot fellows, we really appreciate the help.

So far he has tried using PC Inspector and Drive Rescue which both programs gave him the message:

"Bad Parameter in boot sector. Bytes per sector (0)= 0"

Whatever that means..!!!

He also tried GETDATABACK from Runtime and they were successful ...

kgsuth

A friend e-mailed me and asked if I would ask you fellows to help solve his problem.

Seems he formatted his wife's C drive ( with windows 2000, I believe). In this machine he has a second drive "D"(which also was formatted earlier with Windows 2000), but after formatting C he now can not seem to ...

kgsuth

Try this link. I use this program for doing just that, it is a little progam but works for me:

http://www.moodysoft.com/spx/index.html[/URL]

No freeware, but a step above shareware.

kgsuth

Thanks for the help, greatly appreciated.

kgsuth

Have a friend who has a problem with reading PDF files on the web. If the file is on her machine, no problem, reads fine. But when on the web and trying to open a PDF file, just a blank page appears.

I found an old thread from EASTO with the same problem, his answer was ...

kgsuth

Thanks for all the help.

I think Sid is on the right track.

We will run down the list you gave us. Great site on Power Management.

Thanks again fellows. Sure appreciate the help.

kgsuth

Thanks Sid.

I had wondered if that might be the answer. I had never heard of anyway of doing it, but thought I would ask.

Thanks also for your reply on my other question on the Hardware side, will have to check the settings.

My worry is that it is a motherboard problem, as nobody touches his ...

kgsuth

Had some upgrade done on a system, it originally had a 16 gig
drive, with XP on it. Worked fine.

When upgrading motherboard - XP would not allow access to harddrive, we added second drive 40 gig, then had to reinstall XP on 40 gig.

So my question is - Is it possible to get the new XP system to ...

kgsuth

Just recently I had another friends computer upgraded with the following:

17" Case w/300 W
Gigabyte 8SR533
P4 1.6 478 Pin 512K Cache
DDR Ram: 256MB PC333

So far the only problem is that starts up on its own

He has it shut off, comes home, and finds it is running.

The o/s is Windows XP

I would ...

kgsuth

Thanks cyPH your input is appreciated.

I did use Shields Up and got a steath rating.

Great stuff.

kgsuth

Thanks Croc

Appreciate the help

Will look up your threads.

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Mapped Connection

Losing connection on a mapped drive

Runtime error

Runtime error

Window XP Home Annoying Problem

Spybouncer

Thanks

For RichardC or whomever

For RichardC or whomever

LCD's

Question for YeOldStoneCat and others

Screen Capture Program

fatal errors

Thanks

vsmon.exe

Sorry, no answer yet

Thanks for the help

help needed - please apply within

For Burke

Re D Drive Problem

message is "can not read drive D"

SPX

Adobe Acrobat

Thanks

Thanks Sid

Reloading Programs

Computer starts on its own